Judged
by other measures of the exchange rate designed to capture competition with imports or against export competitors, it has shown a small increase in competitiveness.
All in all, while there's no raid here,
by every other measure of quality, the effort put into House of Wolves clearly surpasses The Dark Below.
Not exact matches
Physicists could look for evidence
of other universes using tools designed to
measure ripples in spacetime — also known as primordial gravitational waves — that would have been generated
by the universe's initial expansion from the Big Bang.
The Company considers EBITDA to be an important
measure used to evaluate operating performance, and the
measure is frequently used
by securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties in the evaluation
of companies in the industry, but this figure should not be considered in isolation.
But once Bannister did it, all
of a sudden
other runners started repeating the feat, and today the four - minute mile is considered a yardstick
by which all distance runners are
measured.
It is the high - water mark
of 2018 thus far — the game
by which all
others will be
measured.
Some
of these
measures exclude net realized investment gains (losses), net
of tax, and / or net unrealized investment gains (losses), net
of tax, included in shareholders» equity, which can be significantly impacted
by both discretionary and
other economic factors and are not necessarily indicative
of operating trends.
Harris is an outspoken critic
of using engagement — as
measured by screen time, click - throughs, likes, and
other actions — as a metric
of success.
That estimate comes from the Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator, which
measures the annual cost
of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle
by estimating the costs
of housing, food, transportation, health care,
other necessities, and taxes.
Management believes analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental
measure to evaluate overall operating performance and facilitate comparisons with
other wireless communications companies because it is indicative
of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and trends
by excluding the impact
of interest expense from financing, non-cash depreciation and amortization from capital investments, non-cash stock - based compensation, network decommissioning costs as they are not indicative
of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and certain
other nonrecurring income and expenses.
Increased supervision
of insurance companies and
other tightening
measures by Chinese authorities have contributed to the Shanghai stocks» muted performance this year.
And he said Comcast wouldn't sacrifice the profitability
of its
other businesses to build the wireless unit, promising wireless would be profitable on its own
by some
measures after reaching only «limited scale.»
It said a surge
of strong numbers in late 2017 was followed
by softer figures early this year, suggesting «some pulling forward
of demand ahead
of new mortgage guidelines and
other policy
measures.»
Comparison
of our presentation
of NAREIT FFO to similarly titled
measures for
other REITs may not necessarily be meaningful due to possible differences in the application
of the NAREIT definition used
by such REITs.
According to a January tally
by Green Street Advisors, only 40 %
of Macy's stores are in «strong» malls as
measured by sales per square foot; the
other 60 % are in the sorts
of uninviting shopping centers where foot traffic is dwindling and department stores can feel especially vacant and gloomy.
The company considers NAREIT FFO an important supplemental
measure of our operating performance and believes it is frequently used
by securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties in the evaluation
of REITs, many
of which present NAREIT FFO when reporting results.
Cree considers free cash flow to be an operating performance and a liquidity
measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount
of cash generated
by the business after the purchases
of property and equipment, a portion
of which can then be used to, among
other things, invest in Cree's business, make strategic acquisitions, strengthen the balance sheet and repurchase stock.
By that
measure, the legal cannabis business is rapidly accelerating into stage three, as an ecosystem
of financial and
other services quickly grows up.
But they are separated
by nearly 800 miles
of blacktop, and
by one
other very important
measure: McAllen is the second-most expensive city for medicine in the United States, trailing only Miami in costs.
House and Senate Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at lowering drug prices through a series
of aggressive
measures, including
by requiring biopharma companies to reveal far more information about their R&D, manufacturing, and
other costs.
And doing so makes our GDP figure more comparable to those published
by other nations, many
of which are also struggling to
measure what goes on in the shadows.
The determination
of this item may not be comparable to similarly titled
measures used
by other companies.
Adjusted EBITDA is used
by management to
measure operating performance
of the business, excluding these non-cash and
other specifically identified items that management believes are not relevant to management's assessment
of operating performance or the performance
of an acquired business.
Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated identically
by all companies, and therefore the Company's measurements
of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled
measures reported
by other companies.
Additionally, McDonald's
measures their
other goals such as increasing revenue and creating better customer service,
by analyzing the amount
of sales generated, their overall cost savings, the type
of customer feedback the campaign received, and their response time when replying to customers.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and
other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity
measures in European countries that may increase the amount
of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability
of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven
by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused
by the introduction
of generic versions
of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or
other government action that could have the effect
of lowering prices or reducing the number
of insured patients; the possibility
of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels
of inventory held
by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits
of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages
of these products over
other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development
of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or
other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate
of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and
other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
The children who were willing to delay gratification and waited to receive the second marshmallow ended up having higher SAT scores, lower levels
of substance abuse, lower likelihood
of obesity, better responses to stress, better social skills as reported
by their parents, and generally better scores in a range
of other life
measures.
Depending on a variety
of metrics that
measure a company's growth and development — for example, how it is acquiring and retaining customers, its revenue streams, and the amount
of money it spends each month — the seed round may be followed
by others.
In the face
of this escalation in market instability, recent
measures by the European Union and its member states, the IMF, and the ECB and
other central banks have provided investors with some confidence that the underlying issues are being addressed, and that support mechanisms are in place.
According to the government's own calculations, the elimination
of duties on sports and baby clothes will cost $ 76 million a year, but it will gain $ 333 million annually
by its
other measure.
The
measure of any credit card's value can only be obtained
by comparing it to
other available options.
In evaluating the opinions that you hear to the contrary, keep in mind that the consensus
of economists, as
measured by the Blue Chip Economic Survey and
others, has never forecast an oncoming recession, and usually remained rosy even several months after the actual recession was eventually determined to have started.
Though we don't use the Coppock indicator in its popular form, the 29 signals in this
measure since 1900 have been associated, on average, with market returns
of 19.6 % over the following year, and only 3 yearly losses among those signals (one because
of the entry into World War II, and the
others because the signals were driven
by the reversal
of a very weakly negative reading, as was the case for the latest signal).
Your amount realized will be
measured by the sum
of the cash or the fair market value
of other property received plus your share under the partnership tax rules
of our liabilities, if any.
This
measure, part
of the new fiduciary standard's best interest contract exemption (or BICE), means advisors and
others have to figure out how to best define reasonable compensation
by April 10, 2017.
«Rather than remedy its misconduct, China has chosen to harm our farmers and manufacturers,» Trump said in the statement, and he added that he's instructing the secretary
of agriculture to take
measures to protect farmers and
other agricultural interests who might be ensnared
by the Chinese tariffs.
The first trading day
of the second quarter began with a broad selloff concentrated in the technology and consumer discretionary sectors, as losses
by Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Tesla (TSLA.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O), among
others, took center stage from retaliatory trade
measures China unveiled on Sunday.
Had Trump taken the
measures suggested repeatedly
by ethics experts on both sides
of the political aisle, he would
by now have put his assets in what's called a blind trust, which would entail turning over his empire to a third party with whom he will have no contact, who would sell off the properties and reinvest the resulting money in
other assets without providing the president any information about the sales or the purchases.
All
other departmental and agency expenses declined
by $ 0.2 billion in part, reflecting the impact
of the restraint
measures introduced in the2010 Budget.
In
other words, headline
measures are being distorted lower
by declining energy and food prices, declines that aren't reflective
of any economic shortfall.
The new research paper follows on a report last year co-authored
by Prof. Wolfson and two
other researchers, who concluded many
of Canada's wealthiest people are funnelling a large portion
of their income through CCPCs that are not reflected in standard
measures of individual earnings.
Moreover, the ability
of US firms to compete in international markets is also affected
by external factors such as exchange rates and the trade
measures of other countries, including those determined
by international trade agreements and global trade rules.
But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually
by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes
other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form
of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process
of over-capacity.
We believe the corporate governance
measures noted above demonstrate that our Board has embraced independence, and our shareholders have recognized the effectiveness
of our current Board leadership structure
by re-electing our Chairman, the Lead Independent Director, and
other Board members each year.
In
other words, it's not just about the number
of sites that link to a given page, but also the importance
of those sites (
measured by the links to each
of them).
That still leaves one - fifth
of the systemic risk score accounted for
by other measures, but perhaps the answer is not quite so simple.
The response plan should definitely include the following: manage the cybersecurity incident in order to limit damages, make sure you collaborate well with the rest
of your company and with
other organizations, create metrics for
measuring the incident response efficiency, prevent more
by minimizing human errors, create incident response protocols that will improve your team's effectiveness.
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Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used
by the third - party networks to
measure the effectiveness
of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see or to gather
other statis
other statistics.
If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics
of an economy like China's that change the nature
of the GDP
measure: first, economic activity is much less affected
by hard - budget constraints than it is in most
other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.
Archived versions
of the Company's conference calls are available in the Investor Information section
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by telephone as are reconciliations
of non-GAAP financial
measures to GAAP financial
measures and
other financial information.